Braiding or lacing machine



F. KEDLNEFL BRAIDINQ OB LACING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. I4. 1917.

1,340,487, Patented May 18, 1920.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANZ KELLNER, OF BARMEN, GERMANY.

BRAIDING OR LACING MACHINE.

Be it known that I, FRANZ Knnnivnn, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, and residing at Barmen, Germany, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Braiding or Lacing Machines, of which the following is a full and clear specification.

My invention refers to that class of braiding machines having one bobbin per plate and it has for its object a new device for temporarily locking the bobbin at each intersection of the bobbin track said device comprising a spring controlled locking lever which is governed by adisk which being rocked by the pattern mechanism ejects the bobbin into the track pushing it either to the left or the right.

ith these and other arrangements in view my invention is fully shown on the accompanying drawings on which- Figure 1 shows a plan view of a portion of a braiding machine having one bobbin per plate and, fitted with my improvement, said view having parts broken away,

Fig. 2 is a vertical section along line A-A. and e F ig. 3 a similar section along 'line-B-B of Fig. 1

Figs. 4: and 5 are vertical sections along lines C-C and DD of Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 respectively. I

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in the drawings.

In the said drawings the reference numerals a indicate the plates which together with the top plate 6 of the machine form the braiding track a for the bobbins. Below said plates a there are mounted in a known manner the bobbin drivers 0 which revolve in direction of the arrow. At each intersection of the track the plate 6 is cut away in the moving direction of the bobbins in order to lock the same after they have passed the crossing place.

- On the bottom plate 7 of the machine is mounted a bracket 9, in which. is journaled by means of a fulcrum h a lever 7L, controlled by a spring 2', which holds it elevated said lever assuming a radial direction and having its free end forked in order to constitute an entrance for the bobbin so that the sameapproaching from left or right by means of said forked lever head will be brought out of engagement with the bobbin drivers and locked within the broadened track, said locking takes place as soon as the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 18, 1920.

1917. Serial No. 162,209.

said lever h is in the lifted, that is, the original position. v

For again ejecting the bobbin into the track I prefer to employ a controlling disk Z which is mounted below the top plate 7) of the machine and operates upon the bobbin flange or collar on by means of two horns m m Said disk forms part of a vertical bolt a which is guided in the bracket 9 and bottom plate f and passes freely through a hole of lever h and is fitted at its end with a lever arm a, leading to the pattern mechanism and rocked temporarily by the same. This motion is transmitted to the disk Z whichby means of its horns m, m propels the bobbin either to the left or the right ejecting it thereby into the track, where it is seized by the drivers and taken around to proceed in braiding. Upon the bottom face of the controlling disk Z is mounted an angular offset 0, with which engages a roller forming part of lever 7:, said engagement will be a close one due to the action of the spring 71. From this will be clear that the disk Z in rocking to the left or right will turn down the lever 71 its forked head releasing ihus the bobbin whereupon the same is ejected into the track. This section of operating the lever h will be best understood from Figs. at and 5.

What I claim is:

1. In a braiding machine having one bobbin per plate the combination of a spring controlled lever, said lever forming an entrance for the bobbin, means to operate said lever and a rocking disk, said disk having horns for ejecting the bobbins and means to rock the disk as described and for the purpose set forth.

.2. In a braiding machine having one bobbin per plate the combination of a spring controlled, lever forming an, entrance for locking the bobbin, a roller mounted on said lever a rocking disk ejecting the bobbin,

means to oscillate said disk, an angular oii' setprojectingfrom said disk and cooperating with said roller as described and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony. whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANZ KELLNER.

\Vitnesses HELEN N UFER, FRANCES horns. 

